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DM • by Laura Anne Harris

April 18, 2022Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Sitting outside a café in Paris, a latte and a breakfast tart sit delicate and pristine on Lindsay’s plate, patient for her to eat and sip. It’s quiet here for a tourist, and Lindsay feels at home. She’s killing time… Continue Reading →

Humour / Satire, Stories divorce, Laura Anne Harris, Paris, social media, strangers

PARIS EST COMPLET • by Tom Anderson

September 8, 2021Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

“How can Paris be full?” said Miranda when Bernard translated ‘Complet’. They were at the Gare Du Nord, staring at the notice outside the tourist bureau. Bernard went in and she watched through the window. At least a dozen people… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Paris, Tom Anderson

STALE ENGLISH MUFFINS • by Michael Degnan

July 11, 2020Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Jessica Bernard heard the story of John Reynolds on an old podcast while taking the metro home from work. Her job, she admitted to herself, had become tedious. She sent mass emails to raise alarm about the state of the… Continue Reading →

Inspirational, Stories escape, Florida, Michael Degnan, Paris, postal workers, Washington DC

PETTISHA AND THE CAT MAN OF PARIS • by Christopher Owen

September 15, 2018Every Day Fiction Leave a Comment

Paris is a city of many things — lights, sounds, whispers… and cats. Cats haunt modern Paris like fur-clad ghosts — whiskered faces through window panes, gray mousers plying their trade in alleyways, rooftop cats and cats who sleep and… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories buskers, cats, Christopher Owen, Paris, writers

A DRINKING TALE • by Christopher Owen

November 19, 2014Every Day Fiction 108 Comments

Marci and I run through the streets of Montmartre, drunk. Rain falls, turning the streetlights of Paris blurry against the dusk-time sky. Marci is barefoot, shoes in her hands, the streets too slick for high heels. She seems particularly exuberant,… Continue Reading →

Stories Christopher Owen, Paris, plagiarism, writers

ONE LAST DOZEN OR SO • by Christopher Owen

February 14, 2014Every Day Fiction 8 Comments

One last dozen or so, eh, I think to myself as I return to my apartment and see red roses sitting outside my door.  It’s Valentine’s Day and my ex-girlfriend must be getting ideas again. Ha! What kind of girl… Continue Reading →

Literary, Stories Christopher Owen, LGBTQIA+, Paris, Valentine's Day
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